The Towers - A New British Sitcom

The Towers: A Web Series.

The story of a less than noble Lord, a light-fingered Countess, and an endlessly inquisitive Lady.

Episode 1 - State Opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qph15F38RvI&t=

Series trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsfdN2-EnA&t=

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We also welcome feedback. We're in the process of planning a much bigger second series, so constructive feedback is always helpful.

Thank you for taking a look!

It's funny in parts but those parts are spread far too thinly over the length of the episode. Sir Henry's dialogue is very lengthy and woefully ponderous. Worse than that, it serves no useful purpose other than to tell us in minutes what we could be told in a matter of seconds. You can only get away with that sort of thing if it is peppered with visual jokes such as cutaways to Monty's worried/bored face or perhaps Henry's unsuccessful attempts to light a cigar or just something to alleviate the tedium.

It's by no means without promise but you really need to examine your scripts and decide what serves a purpose and what doesn't.

Quote: Rood Eye @ 9th September 2018, 8:50 AM

It's funny in parts but those parts are spread far too thinly over the length of the episode. Sir Henry's dialogue is very lengthy and woefully ponderous. Worse than that, it serves no useful purpose other than to tell us in minutes what we could be told in a matter of seconds. You can only get away with that sort of thing if it is peppered with visual jokes such as cutaways to Monty's worried/bored face or perhaps Henry's unsuccessful attempts to light a cigar or just something to alleviate the tedium.

It's by no means without promise but you really need to examine your scripts and decide what serves a purpose and what doesn't.

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Thanks for your honest feedback. We've had largely positive feedback so far, but that's mainly from fans of the source material and friends/family, so it's helpful to catch of a dose of reality.

Stick with us if you can - we have more (and shorter) installments coming out weekly. The improv scenes that are coming out might be more to your taste and tend to be more joke heavy.

I'd appreciate getting your thoughts as we move forward.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to give it a watch and letting us know what you think.

I'm much in agreement with Rood Eye. It's very slow, and half the dialogue could be cut. It's also completely static, just two then three people sitting around a table. Get some action into it! Start with the ignoble Lord doing something disgraceful, rather than just reporting it! The idea of degenerate and corrupt aristocrats could work, although the notion that there's some sort of arbiter of how Lords behave is a bit improbable. The young James Roberston Justice with the deliciously fruity voice is excellent (be careful not to make him too Toast-like!) but mightn't it be better if he was the dissolute one? What I'm suggesting is merging the two main male characters, which might sound a bit alarming, but that sort of change happens all the time in developing a sitcom. You seem to have charged straight into filming an episode, when you really should have worked out the script better first. Having said that, the production values are very good, the music's excellent. It has potential, but needs a lot of work on it first. Congratulations on your initiative!